Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-11-27
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AND GLASS.

The cooperative glass works at Beaver
Falls, Pa, hes been q success beyond ex-
pectatiOn.
The imports of the various descriptions
OF earthen, stone anil chinaware for the
month OF September, just passed, all show
an increase over those of the same month
last year.
New York city advicCs are that green
glassware has undergone q slight improve
ment, and for window glass the demand is
fair. For druggists glassware the demand
is not first class.
Cunningham Il Co. have their new win
dow glass factory, at the head OF South
T~wentv-iirSt street, Pittshurg, about COM
p!eled. The factory has n tSu-pOt furnace
and T. seven-stOne tiattening oven.
The quiet season may be said TO have
arrived in the crGckery and glassware mar
Eat Preparations are, however, being
mada for the holiday trade, which is likely
to be prosperous this year. Importers con
tiuuU 10 receive many novelties in crnckery
and glass in anticipation Of Christmas
needs, and home manufacturers are busy
in the same direction.
The american Glass Worker says that
several Baltimore capitalists have been
consulting with the officers Of the Ameri-
can Flint Glass Workers Union in regard
to startling five OF the idle factories in the
West ga the cooperative plan in the event
OF q strike III the tableware branch. No
definite action has ny YET been taken. The
proposition is still open.
The wOrkmen at the celebrated glass
works ct Baccarat, France, having noticed
for Il long time that the hydrDtluoric acid
they employed in etching had good effects
on the health Of COnSumptive persons, n
Fjynch physician has investigated the
matter, and it. is now employed in the
treatment o. phthjsiCal patients with great
success.
David I0giis' circular, dated Liverpool,
October -, reports the earthenware busi-
ness active. The shipments to the United
States for the week ending October -,
1857, amounted 20 , 81 packages, against
1917 packages for the corresponding week
OF 1SSG, and the shipments from January |
to October p, 1881, amounted to 1920
packages. against IL, TS1 for the correspon-
din. period of lAst year.
The oil, Paint ami Drug Reporter says Of
the plate glass market: The plate glass
market Is in an unsettled condition, the
disruption OF the dealers and importers
combustion, TO which reference was made
last week, having removed the restrictions
which mad kept the quotations fairly uni
form fer some months past. While there
hes been no quOtable changes in the dis
commits il is known taat they are shaded
more or less, bnt the strong position on
the other side prevents any considerable
decline"
The Flint Glass Workers Union have
| Withdrawn the notice TO strike, which it
had served on the Manufacturers Associa-
tlUn and which would have expired on the
25,h inst. The manufacturers are now en-
gagged in compiling a new list of moves
and wages, which WAS submitted to the
Joint conference on the 18th inst, and
the cnmmittee Of the union were allowed
five DAYS t. consider it, aud if not accept
able the manufacturers will then give
| thirty days notice before 3 stoppage n: the
works will take place. This defers the
crisis until January LIST. The impression
is the manufacturers raised the gathering
boys isst0@ecause having been outwitted
-
10 preyious negotiations, and a desire to
break it all off.
The Pottery and GldSStrdre Reporter, Pitts
burg. says: The condition of the window
glass trade is fair on the whole, and there
are a good many orders coming in. The
supply is fairly ample to meet the demand,
but not large enough to ~unfavorably affect
rates, which keep firm. The green glass
trade is in fair shape now, somewhat better
than is usual at this season. and the fac
tories are kept busy. There is q reason
ably fair demand for goods in the prescrip-
tion ware line, and orders keep coming in
pretty regularly il not in large amount.
Chimneys are moving well, as they have
been doing, all the factories being going
buSily. Tableware is selling very well for
the moment, but We shall expect a falling
Oft soon, rs most Of the seasons orders are
now in. Still a good many of the factor
les lave enough to do 10 fill the odds and
ends OF hack orders, and these with the
holiday acquisitions will engroSs their at
tentiou until after the beginning Of next
month. In the Ohio Valley the flint glass
manufacturers generally find enough to do,
the season 50 far having been q busy one
with them.